Spotlight /(spŏt"līt`)/

Spot·light

Spotlight

n.
  1. The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage, leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated.
  2. hence, conspicuous public notice. [Cant or Colloq.]
  3. A lighting apparatus designed to throw an intense beam of light onto a small area.